The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
A JOLLY VACATION.
How Mr.. vandyke Brown Spent
His Fourth
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HOW MI. Vandyke Brown spent
His Fourth
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it was nearing the close OF the July |
day preceding the one we celebrate by
gan-firing. bell-ringing and reckless in
diligence in cooling beverages not al
ways free from alcoholic suggestions.
vandyke Brown was sitting at COM
parative ease in . hard -bottomed chair
on the front stoop of an ancient hos
telry in q little cid h~alf-forgotten coun-
try village, congratulating himself in
being removed-as far as is possible in
patriotic America-from the usual In
dependence Day tumult. Six weeks
previous he had taken up his abode at
Briggs Tavern 49, to use the Way
back vernacular - where with one
pleasing exception he was the only
s.city boarder."
THANK Heaven for the prospect of
quiet, restful Fourth" murmured
Brown, exhaling a sigh of somewhat
mingled cast with q volume of fragrant
cigar smoke, as he glanced down the
wide elm-shaded street which, in the
dusty distance, dwindled into the stage
road between Wayback and the busy
shire town Of Pigwacket itself, the
nearest connecting link between Way
back and the social centers of civ
ilization. The only visible signs of
life were Deacon Pipers' OK team jog
ging leisurely homeward. a knot of
idlers sitting in front of Jones' varie-
ty store, and half-a-dozen boys COM
pairing notes on the subject of fire.
crackers, near the country pump.
Yet no happiness is complete, mol is
there perfect peace. on this side of the
hereafter. Vandyke Brown had already
experienced the crumpled roseleaf of
his couch. There was a suggestion of
its presence in the gloomy look which
he cast toward the further end of the
piazza where q remarkably pretty
young lady sat dividing her time
equally between a hammock, q novel
and the Widow Briggs Tommy. aged
fourteen.
Possibly it was the same conscious
ness of the metaphoric roseleaf which
caused Brown to wriggle uneasily in
his char, and then rise rather abrupt
~, as though to move away Or pos
c.rs. f. s. IL thrs un,.osa - -
III r-aman.rr d;smar d;d ~ .hs;rN
.dherinc With nnnleasant t~enacitv n
b;s snmmar tro,,sa,s and az his choler
rose 40 did his color. Particularly
when from the vic;n;tv If the bammocl
he heard q sound as of a repressed
ripple Of faint laughter blended with a
loud smoker from Tommy Briggs.
aGuess some of that air soft tar we
was usin' on the pear trees got dropped
accidentally onto the chair-seat.n men,
datiously suggested Tommy, as soon
as his freckled face had calmed to its
usual expression of artless innocence.
But Vandyke Brown. wrathfully
w~renching himself and the chair apart.
started uD-stairs to his room. where.
after a change of garments. he sat for
hours smoking at the open window. a
prey to melancholy and mosquitoes.
He was AN -overworked journalist Of
considerable mental ability. "a whom
complete rest and nuiet had been en-
Joined for : season .eNeryous nrostra-
f;onss the doctor called r. His anne
t;ts v.s M 0na-balf h;s hro;n cot m
NIGHTS to.watch the other half trv;nr
- slean and he had NO heart for worF
Bnt tb;s last was becanse he b,d lost #
- Miss Vanvayre. his fail, fellow
boarder.
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